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The taxonomic delimitation of the Superfamily Oestroidea is extremely difficult and most authors disagree as to the limits of the group (see Hori, 1967, for a historical survey of Calyptratae classification). Roback (1951) included in Oestroidea the families Oestridae (with Hypodermatidae as subfamily), Cuterebridae and Tachinidae. Stone et al. (1965) included the Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Tachinidae, Cuterebridae and Oestridae (with Hypodermatidae as a subfamily). Zumpt (1957) divided the Oestroidea into: (i) Oestridae, with subfamilies Cephenemyiinae, Oestrinae and Hypodermatinae; (ii) Gasterophilidae (with subfamilies Gasterophilinae, Gyrostigminae and Cobboldiinae); and (iii) Calliphoridae, including, among others, the subfamily Cuterebrinae.
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Papavero, N. (1977). Introduction. In: The World Oestridae (Diptera), Mammals and Continental Drift. Series Entomologica, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1306-2_1
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